The future of the popular mobile app, used by 150 million Americans, has never been more uncertain. Here's what to know.
, lawmakers seemed skeptical that the app, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, could be made safe for domestic users.
One law and technology expert said any TikTok ban wouldn't kick in immediately, since the video platform and some users would likely challenge it in court. If a ban survived the lawsuits, it would most likely result in Apple and Google, who run the vast majority of smartphones in the U.S., removing TikTok from their app stores and turning off app updates.
If Apple or Google wanted to take a harder line, it would theoretically be possible, although difficult, for them to push a software update to phones that would stop TikTok from working, noted Caitlin Chin, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Industry analysts told Insider that both Microsoft and Oracle were potential buyers. U.S.-based Oracle is currently working with TikTok on its efforts to segregate Americans' data to its servers. It had previously put together a bid for TikTok in 2020, when theDuring the Trump administration, the federal government moved to ban network hardware made by Huawei and ZTE, two Chinese telecom gear
"I can't even think of a precedent where you have a platform with more than 100 million users out there all of a sudden get banned," said CFRA's Zino."This would absolutely draw the ire of the Chinese government." Politicians have said that, as a subsidiary of a Chinese company, TikTok could be pressured to hand over sensitive information on Americans to the Chinese government or be used by China's leadership as a propaganda tool.
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